Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emily Thornberry and Linda Riordan

Tuesday 21st June 2011 Commons Chamber

[Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab)]

1. What assessment he has made of potential trends in the level of debt as a proportion of gross domestic product to 2014-15.

[Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op)]

6. What assessment he has made of potential trends in the level of debt as a proportion of gross domestic product to 2014-15.

[The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne)]

This Government inherited plans that had Government debt rising as a share of GDP in 2014-15. Thanks to the credible plan that we have put in place, debt is now forecast to be falling in that year.